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Blender: Create a Jack-o'-Lantern Scene (Beginner Course)

Name: Blender: Create a Jack-o'-Lantern Scene (Beginner Course)
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A complete Blender project in under an hour

This short course walks total beginners through one finished scene — a Jack-o'-lantern — covering the full Blender pipeline in miniature: modeling, carving details, basic rigging, node-based materials, lighting, and a final Cycles render.

Who it's for

Anyone with zero 3D experience who wants a fast, tangible first project rather than a long feature-by-feature tutorial. Knowing Blender's navigation shortcuts helps but isn't required going in.

Key takeaways

Modeling an organic object (a pumpkin) and carving in details like eyes and a mouth
Using basic rigging (armature) even on a simple, non-character object like a stem
Building materials with nodes, lighting the scene, and rendering with Cycles

Because each lesson maps to one stage of the pipeline, it doubles as a quick reference for the Blender workflow long after the pumpkin is finished.

About this course

Welcome to this Blender 3D Course: Create a Jack-o'-lantern Scene
Blender version used: Blender 3.3

This Blender course is extremely beginner friendly and easy to follow. You will learn how to create everything in this scene. You don't need any Blender or 3D experience but a basic understanding of the Blender navigation shortcuts will help.

What you will learn in under one hour:

Lesson 1: How to model a Jack-o'-lantern (Pumpkin)
Lesson 2: Carving the eyes and mouth
Lesson 3: Use basic rigging to create the stem
Lesson 4: Create materials for the pumpkin and stem using nodes
Lesson 5: Lighting the scene
Lesson 6: Create a camera and render using the Cycles Renderer

I've designed this course with beginners in mind. Follow along and learn how to create your own 3D characters and scenes. Learn how to model organic objects, use bones (armature) to rig certain objects, apply materials and textures using the Blender material nodes, and learn how to add lights to bring your scene to life. Finally you will learn how to render your final scene using the Cycles render engine.

All of this in under one hour!

Are you ready to become a 3D artist?

I hope to see you in the first lesson!